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UNITED STATES PATENT FFiCE;

CASSIUS A. WIIITE,OF JAMAICA, VERNON.

COMBINED WASHER AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,620, dated November5, 1889.

Application filed February 21, 1889- Serial No. 800,674 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CASSIUS A. \VHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at J a maica, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont,have invented certain new and use- ,ful Improvements in a CombinedWVasher and 'Wringer, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined washers and wringers;and the objects of my invention are to provide a reciprocating rollerand a mechanism by which the roller can be prevented from revolving asit is moved forward for the purpose of moving the clothes forward overthe board.

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine which embodies my inventioncomplete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of a portion of the washingmachine, taken from the oppositeside from Fig. 1. Fig. at is a detached perspective of the board K. Fig.5 is a detached view of the lever G and its attachments used inconnection with the fluted roller X.

A represents two horizontal parallel supporting-bars, which have theirends shaped so as to form handles, and which are secured rigidlytogether near their ends by the crosspieces 13. These cross-pieces serveboth to hold the supporting-bars in their relative positions to eachother and to act as stops in the outward movement of the pivoted legs CD. The legs D are pivoted at their upper ends inside of thesupporting-bars A and are connected together near their lower ends by across-bar E. The legs 0 are pivoted upon the outer sides of thesupportingbar A, and both extend outwardly and at an angle, so as tobrace and steady the machine in position while in operation. The lowerends of the legs 0 are also secured rigidly together by a cross-piece E.

Rising from the two supporting-bars A are the two standards F, whichrise upward to any desired height, and which are rigidly securedtogether by the cross-pieces G H I. Just above thecross-piece I recessesare formed in the outer edges of the standards F, so as to form bearingsfor the wringer-rollers K. After the rolls K have been placed inposiment is required the wheel S is brought into tion they are held bymeans of the blocks L, which are bolted to the standards, as shown. Bymaking these recesses in the edge of the standard any desired form ormake of wringer- 5 rolls can be used that the operator may prefer,instead of being limited to one construction orform of rolls, as isgenerally the case in other machines.

If persons have a wringer of their own, 6 they can take the rolls outand place them in this machine and use them as well and freely in thisconnection as though they were intended for this particular machine. Thepressure of the rolls upon the clothes being wrung out is controlled. bya screw which passes up through the rubber washer I and has its lowerend to bear' against the under side of. the cross-piece I. From thecrosspiece I, which has its ends to move in slots in the standards, thepressure is transferred to the rollers through the bearings J.

Secured to one end of the shaft of the upper roller are the two wheels Mll, of unequal size, and which are preferably formed in a singlecasting, and through these two wheels M N a slow or rapid motion isgiven to the rollers K, according to the character of the work which isbeing done. If the rollers are used for wringing the articles as rapidlyas they are washed, the larger wheel M is brought into play; but if amore rapid motionis to be given, as when the clothes are being rinsed,then the wheel N is brought into play. Journaled near the outer ends ofthe inclined top 8 pieces 0, which are secured to standards F and thesupports P, is the operating crankshaft Q, which has a handle secured toone end and the fly-wheel R and the two smaller wheels S T secured toits other end. The flywheel R and the two wheels S T are formed in asingle casting, and this casting is adapted to have a lateral movementupon the shaft Q, so as to move the small wheel T out of gear with thelarge wheel M and bring the wheel S into gear with the wheel N. Thesmall wheel T meshes with the large wheel M on the wringenshaft when theslow movement is desired 5 but when a more rapid move gear with thewheel N. By thus shifting these wheels upon the shaft Q the movement ofthe rollers can be controlled by the operator at will.

Journaled upon the crank-shaft Q are the two pitman-rods U, which areconnected together by the cross-piece B at their upper ends, and whichpitmen are pivoted at their lower ends to the two rods \V, in which thewasher-roller X is journaled. This roller is round, so as to rollfreelyback and forth upon the smooth wash-board Y, and is groovedlongitudinally. The rodsXV have their upper ends to pass through apartially-rotatin g rod or shaft Z, so that they can be moved;

freely back and forth at their lower ends by the pitmen U through aportion of a circle. Upon these rods W are placed spiral springs, whichhave their tension regulated by the crossbar and screw in the usualmanner. 1 These springs regulate the amount of press- 1 ure the rollershall have upon the clothes bein'g washed as it is rolled back and forthover them.

Secured to one end of the roller-shaft is a ratchet A, and pivoted uponone of the'rods XV is a pawl B which. is made to engage with the rollerX from revolving as itis moved forward over the wash-board Y. Looselyconheated at the upper end of the pawl B is a springactuated rod 0,which passes through themetallic plate D, which has its ends perforatedand bent at right angles, so as to hold the-spring E between them.Through the rod 0 is passed a stop F, against which one end of thespring E rests, the other end 'of' the spring being made to bear againstone end of the plate D, which is pivoted to the lever G. This springserves to keep the pawl out of contact with the ratchet at all' timesexcept when it is desired that the roller shall be prevented fromrevolving. The le- Iver G is pivoted upon the top pieces 0, and is inposition to be readily grasped by the hand at anytime that it is desiredto feed: the clothes forward. The moment this lever "G isreleased-the'spring causes the dog to: instantly detach from the ratchet, so as toileave the roller free to revolve.

The side pieces H of the wash-board Y are secured to the rods P and theuprights Rand the wash-board Y is formed upon a circle of which thecenter is the partially-turnin'g rod or shaft Z. At the inner upper endof the board is placed a beveled guiding-board K, which is recessed outon its rear and under sides, so as to allow enough of the water andsoapwhich is pressed from the clothes 'torun'back upon the board to wet thearticle to be washed, and thus prevent the soap from being wasted,as isalways the case where the clothes are washed in a tub or in water deepenough to cover them.

The article to be Washed is first placed upon the board, and then theshaft Q is revolved pitmen U and forth over that part of thcarticlewhich by means of its handle, 'so that theare made to move the rollerback has been properly soaped and rests upon the board. The rollingmovement of the roller serves to loosen the dirt in this soiled portion,andas soon as the roller has acted sufficiently upon this part the leverG is moved so as to bring the dog in contact with the ratchet, and thenthe forward movement of the roller serves to feed the garment forwardover the top of the board K directly to the rollers. If the shaft Q isonly made to partially revolve, the roller X can be moved back and forthover the garment any desired number of times without bringing therollers K into operation, so as to draw the garment from the wash-board;but if the shaft Z is made to continuously revolve after the rollers Khave once gotten hold of the article it will be drawn on through. Incase it is desired to rinse the articles after they have been oncewashed by being passed through the machine, the rollers K are given arapid movement, as above described, and then whenjthe article passesover the board the roller X is made to roll back and forth over theirtops as the articles are drawn rapidly through the rollers. p a

By means of my invention it will be seen that the clothes can be washedand wrung out at the same time by turning'only a single crank, and thatby properly manipulating the feed-lever the garment can be fed in theentire length of the wash-board at one forward motion of the wash-rolland the soiled parts operated upon as long as d'esired and then fedgradually at each forward motion of the wash-roller to the wrin'gers.The quantity of water used is so small that'a very strong lather iscreated, and which the washroller works into and'through the garment,and thereby renders the operation of the cleansing more effectual thanwhere the work is done under water, because the soap, instead of beingtaken up by a large quantity of water, is all taken up and worked intothe saturated garment, thereby effecting a great saving in the use ofsoap. By changing the rollers to a fast feed the clothes can be runthrough sudsin g and rinsing Water very rapidly.

A fluted wash-roller is used in connection with the smooth wash-board,so'that'the roller- 1., Theco'inbinatio'n'of theopera'ting cask.-

shaft, the p'itn'ien, the roller, the rods "in which the roller isjou'rnaled, the partiallyrevolving shaft through which the upper ends ofthe rods pass, the ratchet attachedto one end of the roller, aspring-actuated dog,

and a lever for throwing the dog into contact G, for operating the dog,substantially as with the ratchet, substantially as specified. shown. 1o

2. The combination of the rods WV, the shaft In testimony whereof I doaffix my signa- Z, through which their upper ends pass, the ture inpresence of two witnesses.

5 roller X, the ratchet A ,the dog, the rod con- GASSIUS A. XVI-UTE.

nected to the dog and provided with a stop, Vitnesses: the spring placedupon the rod, the plate GILBERT A. DOW,-

through which the rod passes and the lever CHARLES E. ALLEN.

